App Dev Worksheet: UI vs UX
Developer's tip (Look and feel): UI (user interface) = the look: colours, fonts, icons, layout. UX (user experience) = how it feels: easy, fast, not confusing. Count taps: each arrow in a path is one tap; fewer taps for the same task = better UX.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: how easy sign-up is? (a) UX (b) UI
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2.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Results → Pens → Menu → Cart
Design B: Home → Pens → Menu → Item → Pay → Address (a) Design A (b) Design B - 3.True or false: the button colours is about UX (the experience). (a) True (b) False
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4.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Menu → Item → Results → Confirm → Pay → Shop
Design B: Home → Menu → Shop → Address (a) Design A (b) Design B - 5.🎨 A beautiful app that confuses everyone has ___. (a) good UX but poor UI (b) perfect UX (c) no UI at all (d) good UI but poor UX
- 6.🎨 UX stands for user ___. (a) example (b) extra (c) express (d) experience
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the theme colours (b) the font size (c) how many taps it takes (d) the screen layout
- 8.Which of these is about UX (the experience)? (a) the font size (b) the screen layout (c) the button colours (d) how many taps it takes
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9.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Pay → Pens → Search → Menu → Results
Design B: Home → Pens → Pay - 10.🎨 Who should you test the UX with? (a) the app icon (b) only yourself (c) real users (d) nobody
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11.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Address → Offers
Design B: Home → Address → Pens → Confirm → Offers → Cart -
12.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Shop → Pay → Address → Search → Results → Item
Design B: Home → Size → Pens - 13.True or false: the font size is about UX (the experience). (a) True (b) False
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14.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Pens → Shop → Search → Offers
Design B: Home → Confirm → Pens (a) Design A (b) Design B -
15.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Menu → Results → Size
Design B: Home → Item → Offers (a) Design A (b) Design B -
16.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design B need?
Design A: Home → Search → Menu
Design B: Home → Shop → Menu → Address → Cart → Item - 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how easy sign-up is (b) whether users get lost (c) how many taps it takes (d) the screen layout
- 18.Which of these is about UX (the experience)? (a) whether users get lost (b) the button colours (c) the screen layout (d) the font size
- 19.Which of these is about UI (the look)? (a) how easy sign-up is (b) how users feel after (c) the button colours (d) how fast a task is done
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20.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design A need?
Design A: Home → Cart → Shop
Design B: Home → Menu → Pens → Shop → Cart → Item → Size -
21.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design A need?
Design A: Home → Address → Shop → Menu → Item → Pens → Pay
Design B: Home → Offers → Results - 22.True or false: how fast a task is done is about UI (the look). (a) True (b) False
- 23.🎨 UI stands for user ___. (a) internet (b) idea (c) interface (d) input
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24.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Pens → Item → Address → Confirm → Shop → Offers
Design B: Home → Size → Menu (a) Design A (b) Design B - 25.🎨 Fewer taps to finish a task usually means ___. (a) a bigger app (b) worse UX (c) better UX (d) more colours
- 26.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: the font size? (a) UX (b) UI
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the button colours (b) whether users get lost (c) how easy sign-up is (d) how many taps it takes
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28.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Address → Cart
Design B: Home → Address → Shop → Cart → Offers → Size → Search - 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) whether users get lost (b) how easy sign-up is (c) how many taps it takes (d) the icon shapes
- 30.True or false: how easy sign-up is is about UI (the look). (a) True (b) False
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31.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Item → Results → Pens
Design B: Home → Search → Confirm → Pens → Pay (a) Design B (b) Design A -
32.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Search → Shop → Confirm → Menu
Design B: Home → Cart → Size - 33.True or false: the button colours is about UI (the look). (a) True (b) False
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34.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design B need?
Design A: Home → Confirm → Pens → Cart
Design B: Home → Confirm → Cart → Item → Menu -
35.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Menu → Cart
Design B: Home → Results → Confirm → Search → Pens (a) Design A (b) Design B - 36.Which of these is about UX (the experience)? (a) the button colours (b) the icon shapes (c) how easy sign-up is (d) the theme colours
- 37.Which of these is about UI (the look)? (a) how easy sign-up is (b) how fast a task is done (c) how users feel after (d) the screen layout
- 38.Which of these is about UI (the look)? (a) the font size (b) how easy sign-up is (c) whether users get lost (d) how users feel after
- 39.True or false: how users feel after is about UI (the look). (a) False (b) True
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the font size (b) the button colours (c) how fast a task is done (d) the icon shapes
Answer key
- UX
- Design A
- False
- Design B
- good UI but poor UX
- experience
- how many taps it takes
- how many taps it takes
- 3
- real users
- 3
- 4
- False
- Design B
- Design B
- 5
- the screen layout
- whether users get lost
- the button colours
- 2
- 6
- False
- interface
- Design B
- better UX
- UI
- the button colours
- 4
- the icon shapes
- False
- Design A
- 2
- True
- 4
- Design A
- how easy sign-up is
- the screen layout
- the font size
- False
- how fast a task is done
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